My mother's love song

The dazzling giant body blocks out the sky and the sun, emitting the unparalleled majesty of a god.

The four golden legs carried thunderclouds and stepped on mountains and rivers.

"Wow, so powerful... Compared to it, even the Gorgon's monster is nothing." Anna said with mixed feelings.

I was thinking I could show off in front of Rhodes... Wow.

Gilgamesh looked up at the beast and nodded calmly, "Ah, that's true. Even I find it incredible that my friend and I have worked together to defeat this guy in the past."

"Ishtar! Ishtar! Ishtar!"

"Rod! Rod! Rod!"

Everyone excitedly called out the names of the goddess of sky and the young man, but Ishtar, the person involved, sneakily pulled Rod aside.

"Rod, where did you find Gugalana? I've been looking for two weeks with no success."

"You left Gugalana in the north."

Rod said casually, I just spent an hour searching for it at the foot of the mountain in Abif.

"Eh? I lost Gugalana at the foot of Mount Ebifu?"

Ishtar narrowed her eyes suspiciously and said, “I clearly remember putting it in the dormitory.”

Before she could think carefully, the goddess and Rhodes were picked up by the leopard man and Quetzalcoatl, one by one.

"Ishtar! Ishtar! Ishtar! Long live! Long live! Long live!"

"Rod! Rod! Rod! Long live! Long live! Long live!"

Amid the cheers and boos of the crowd, the two of them were thrown into the sky.

After five full minutes of noise.

Gilgamesh raised his hand and asked everyone to quiet down.

"Well, let's temporarily end the operational meeting. Everyone is exhausted from the days of fighting. It's time to have a good rest."

"Aren't we going to attack Tiamat tonight?" Rhodes asked.

The king nodded and said, "Ah, the visibility on the sea at night is really too bad, and we have to bring Gugalana with us, which is even more disadvantageous for fighting.

According to the calculations of the sacrificial temple, the primordial tide will submerge Girsu early tomorrow morning and reach Uruk late at night, so there is still enough time. "

Of all the beasts, Tiamat is undoubtedly the most "gentle" in her treatment of human [enemies].

Beast II is the god of creation who is the opposite of Beast VI. Ending the world is not her job.

Her approach is not so much about destroying the world as it is about "returning" the world to its original form.

On the other hand, Tiamat is the only Beast that is unwilling to destroy the world.

Although he could have directly transcended into the world in the form of a dragon, he chose to seal all his power.

The mother, who is singing a ballad in the form of a mind, the Femme Fatale, on the sea, must be waiting for someone to come.

Therefore, the Uruk camp was able to get so much breathing space.

"Although it's only a short time before dawn. This will surely be our last rest in Uruk, so we can all recuperate and regain our strength.

Especially you, Rhodes. You are the key to tomorrow's battle."

Gilgamesh cast a long glance at the boy and disappeared into the twilight on the way to the sacred tower.

Rhodes: "..."

It was as if what he said just now was telling me, "Don't touch a girl's bed the night before the final battle!"

"…Alas, just listen to him today."

Rhodes glanced at Tomoe Gozen's straight chest with deep regret.

Uruk, Chaldean Embassy.

"Oh, excuse me, everyone! This is the embassy that was rumored to be here. How unexpected!

Hmm. I thought it was more of a palace. But I also like this kind of home-style base, right?

So, when does dinner start?" The Leopard Man jumped into the dormitory hall.

Ritsuka Fujimaru and Mashu were responsible for entertaining the two goddesses from the jungle and led them into the kitchen.

"No need to prepare dinner for me!"

After Rhodes shouted to the kitchen, he pulled Tomoe Gozen up to the second floor.

After returning to his room, Rhodes and the ghost girl went into the bathroom together and took a comfortable bath.

"Well, my Lord is acting very abnormal today."

Tomoe Gozen, wrapped in a bath towel, knelt in front of Rhodes, wiping his body with a towel while staring at his young master and speaking.

"If it's the usual Lord, when he takes a bath with Tomoe he's always full of energy and his hands are very naughty."

"King Gilgamesh said that we should conserve our energy tonight." Rhodes said proudly, with his hands on his hips.

"Occasionally, we should listen to the advice of the elderly. As the saying goes, one should be able to eat both poison and sugar to be considered healthy."

"Ah~ That king actually cares about things like this?"

Tomoe Gozen pursed her cherry-colored lips in dissatisfaction.

Rhode nodded: "It can't be helped. Even I don't feel like facing this kind of situation."

"All right……"

Tomoe lowered her beautiful eyes with some regret, took out Rhodes' clothes from the bamboo basket beside her, and prepared to change him.

"My Lord, please extend your hand."

"Ah."

"Put out both your hands." Tomoe Gozen said.

"Oh, okay."

Rhode stretched out his hands somewhat confusedly, and then

Tomoe Gozen tied his hands with clothes.

Rhodes: “……?”

“King Gilgamesh said that our lord should rest well, and he had a point.

But if you were attacked and threatened by the enemy in the room, there would be nothing you could do, right? "

Tomoe was kneeling in front of Rhodes, her beautiful white face was tinged with a hint of cherry red, and her glowing red eyes were looking up at the boy's face from bottom to top.

The enchanting and ferocious demon horns appeared from the beautiful woman's forehead, and she licked her lips with her small lilac tongue.

"The big sister of the ghost tribe who specializes in eating little boys is going to eat you tonight."

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"Ms. Ishtar? Are you resting?"

Mash went up to the rooftop of the embassy and saw the goddess Venus standing on the wall.

"Yeah. Looking at Uruk while enjoying the evening breeze. Where's Mashu? Isn't she with Ritsuka?"

Mashu said, "Senior is helping in the kitchen. He said he wanted to make a sumptuous meal for the last dinner. Miss Ishtar is the one. Isn't she with Rod-kun?"

"He and Tomoe-gozen went back to their rooms," Ishtar said with some displeasure.

“…Ah, I see.”

Mashu nodded thoughtfully, with a barely perceptible hint of shyness on her face.

"After all, this might be the last night... Ah, I don't mean that Uruk will be destroyed tomorrow, but that this might be the last night for Lord Rod and Tomoe-san..."

"..."

Ishtar looked at Mashu with a strange expression.

Really... This kid also knows about the relationship between Rhodes and Tomoe Gozen.

"What about you?" Ishtar asked.

"If you solve your mother's problem tomorrow, you can go back to your old age. Will you be lonely?"

"……I."

Mashu wanted to say "No", but the words couldn't come out of her mouth.

In the past year, she and Ritsuka Fujimaru had experienced countless separations, but they had never stayed in a city for such a long time like this.

“Parting is inevitable. If you feel sad about it, you can’t go on with your life.”

"You're right." Mash nodded.

Ishtar suddenly changed the subject: "By the way, Mashu. Is there anyone you like?"

As the words fell, Mashu's ears began to feel hot.

“Huh!? The one I…like? I…no…I don’t have anyone I like! What’s wrong!?”

"Hmm~ Really? I don't quite understand, but Rod seems to like you quite a bit. I can tell."

"Rod-kun... to me!?"

Mashu swallowed, feeling incredible.

When I passed by Lord Rhodes' room just now, I heard Miss Tomoe's intense voice...

Before going up to the rooftop, Little Eggplant secretly took a detour to Rhodes' room at the end of the corridor and listened for a while.

Of course, this kind of eavesdropping behavior must never be told to anyone.

"Hey, hey...? Rhodes and I are just ordinary friends."

Mashu waved her hands excitedly: Oh, that's annoying, you're such a joker, ma'am~

"Have you met somewhere before?" Ishtar suddenly asked.

"No, not really." Mashu shook her head blankly, "This is the first time Rhodes and I have met."

"Ah, that's strange...

Hmm. Maybe I made a mistake. It's nothing, don't take it too seriously. That kid is a bit strange. "

Venus patted her shoulder cheerfully.

Mashu stared at her toes with resentment and murmured, "Hmm... Is that why you like weird girls like me?"

But, it’s great…

It seems that this is not unrequited love, the girl thought secretly.

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late at night.

Faced with a powerful enemy, the streets of Uruk are much quieter than usual tonight.

It was almost one in the morning, and the warriors had already rested (except Rhodes and Ba Gozen), but the people in the God Tower were the exact opposite.

The King's Hall was still brightly lit, with priests and priestesses coming in an endless stream, and cartloads of stone slabs being brought into the hall by soldiers.

Gilgamesh sat on the throne and personally directed all affairs of the city, including the construction of fortifications, the accommodation of refugees, the dispatch of troops, etc.

Just like that, after Wang worked for several hours in a row, the hall finally became quiet and empty.

"Wang, I will be on duty here, you should go back to the dormitory and rest."

Siduri said this, but was immediately rejected by Gilgamesh.

"Don't say stupid things. What if there is any new situation in the Persian Gulf? I won't sleep tonight."

"Hmph, be careful of sudden death again?"